Gmail is out of ‘beta’ now

Jul 08 2009 Published by under News

Today Google has finally stripped off Gmail from its 5 years old beta phase. The current Gmail is final version. Of course, it does not mean it won’t be improved.

Google said ‘beta’ label scares away business users as it sounds like something in development, and thus might be unstable. But things changed now. Business users have options to upgrade their mail storage as premium service.

Beside Gmail, other Google Apps that’s also ‘graduated’ from beta are Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Talk, Google Sites, and Google Video. While some other like Google Scholar is still carrying the beta.

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Touching Windows 7

Jul 05 2009 Published by under News

Windows 7 is the first Windows ever to include built-in touch interface. In fact, it is the first desktop PCs operating system with such feature. Another great news from our heated battle of operating system. Well, competition is always good for customers.

Now let me show you a sneak peek of what to expect from Windows 7.

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Firefox 3.5 is officially out !!

Jul 01 2009 Published by under News

In my previous post I stated that Mozilla will roll out Firefox 3.5 by the end of June. Hey, it’s today. It is out now !!

Please refer here for the list of new features. And here are some that I left out:

  • Awesome bar pretty much works like Google Chrome’s the one and only bar. Now in Firefox, it’s a search bar, a history bar, and a bookmark bar.
  • Smarter session restore makes crash recovery perform even better.
  • Dynamic color profiling in the browser is optimized for web viewing; it means that whatever color you see when you’re doing some design work, it will be the same on the web page.
  • Here comes geo-location, a feature that tracks your local IP. It kicks in when you, say type restaurant, it guesses that you’re looking for the nearest one to you. Neat ?

As usual to any newly launched browser, it promises better performance. This is something Mozilla would like you to know:

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Rumor iPhone 3GS overheated

Jun 30 2009 Published by under News

This week’s tech news is overwhelmed by rumor stating that the new iPhone 3GS can go overheated. There even a site showing how a white iPhone got a hot red ring.

Some claims it’s caused by GPS, some blame it to gaming, while others point the finger to battery issue.

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Most dangerous search keywords

Jun 29 2009 Published by under News

McAfee team recently has posted a list of most dangerous keywords to search for. Guess it. If you mention free, yes you got it right. But it is not on top. The #1 on the list is screensaver.

Screensaver has ‘successfully’ gain 59.1% of risk. This is taken from more than 2,600 popular keywords. Unfortunately, lyrics is also part of the top 10 list with around 50% risk factor. Followed by free 21.3%.

Now surprisingly, viagra is one of the fewest risky keywords. Researchers suggest that health related and current economic crisis are the least risky ones.

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